We’re excited to join forces with esteemed eco-stylist, and renowned fashionista Nina Gbor for a styling workshop as she demonstrates how staple wardrobe items can be (re)styled in multiple ways to suit any occasion and body type - quashing the narrative that keeping up with trends means we must buy new!

Then, it’s time for the Clothes Swap! 

This isn’t just any swap—it’s a vibrant, community-driven event where you can trade your clothes (five quality pieces) and positively impact the environment.

Details here.

We will be part of the massive, annual Lost Paradise end of year festival celebration this year presented by Finely Tuned & Triple J with a Giant Clothes Swap!

Bring along your pre-loved garms, clothes, and accessories and join the Lost Paradise Swap Shop! Swap an unloved item for something fresh and embrace sustainable fashion with Nina Gbor, a sustainable fashion educator, eco-stylist, and experienced clothes-swap organizer. Known for her motto “get off the fashion TRENDmill,” Nina empowers others to embrace a more circular, sustainable style that resists fleeting trends and reduces textile waste.

Pre Holiday Swap - BRING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE GOT - no item limit for good quality clothing and accessories to exchange. Perfect time to regift presents and find Christmas presents for loved ones.

Guilt-free present shopping that keeps clothes in the circular economy and out of landfill.

Hosted by Clothes Swap & Style founder Nina Gbor (War on Waste ABC) and Plastic Free Coogee.

Register here.

The City of Sydney and Clothes Swap & Style are joining eco-friendly forces to bring a clothes swap for the whole family to Potts Point.

Swapping is a clever and thrifty way to update your wardrobe, save money and help fight textile waste.

If you have garments in excellent condition you once loved but are no longer your favourites, join us at The Rex Centre in Potts Point for a swap and a styling demo.

The styling demo will use items in the clothes swap and show how to easily extend the use of one garment to create different styles. Styling uses layering and accessorising to create different looks from one garment to suit many occasions.

RSVP here.

Clothes Swap & Style and City of Sydney Council are joining forces again to bring you another no fast fashion clothes swap! But make it Spring! As usual, this swap is also a social event where clothes are swapped in the spirit of generosity and community to make a positive environmental impact.

Joining us as a guest speaker is sustainable fashion advocate and clothes swap enthusiast, City of Sydney's Councillor Adam Worling. Adam has spent 30 years in the fashion industry, working with some of the country’s most respected fashion brands. His great passion is sustainability and being a champion of greater ecological integrity.

RSVP here.

As part of the Inspired Living Series and National Recycling Week, Nina Gbor and Courtney Holme will discuss sustainable fashion in a circular economy at the Manningham Function Centre.

RSVP here.

This year for our EFWA eco-seminar, titled “Protecting Our Planet Through Sustainable Fashion” we have an incredible line-up of speakers!
Be prepared to not only meet the amazing array of industry experts in the panel of Eco Fashion Week, but also learn from these industry leaders & experts on the topics that matter most, i.e. sustainable fashion, sustainable living and ethical consumerism.

Join the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) and the City of Perth supported by the Circular Textile Working Group and Western Metropolitan Regional Council for an exclusive Restyling event with Nina Gbor, the founder of Eco Styles and clothes swap expert featured on War on Waste 2023! This event is funded by Spacecubed.

RSVP here.

In Conversation with Nina Gbor - This event is a collaboration between the City of Perth, Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) and Western Metropolitan Regional Council (WMRC). Whether you're in fashion design, education, business, or simply a dedicated eco-fashion enthusiast, this session is an opportunity to discuss ideas for a holistic circular and health fashion future.

Whether you're in fashion design, education, business, or simply a dedicated eco-fashion enthusiast, this session is not to be missed!

Join us for a fantastic opportunity to discover stylish new outfits, and help combat fashion waste! We're thrilled to partner with Parramatta Council and The Clothing Exchange to bring you an exciting event dedicated to promoting sustainable fashion: the CLOTHES SWAP! This social gathering is all about exchanging clothes in a spirit of community and generosity, all while making a positive impact on the environment. Don't miss out on this chance to refresh your wardrobe and support the circular fashion movement!

RSVP here.

University of New South Wales (UNSW) hosts an inspiration panel embracing the "ratbag" spirit—celebrating women environmental leaders who speak up, push boundaries, and drive meaningful progress for our communities and environment. This event honours Nancy Hillier OAM, a fearless advocate who fought tirelessly for environmental and social justice in Sydney’s Botany Bay.

Book your spot here.

RSVP here.

This sustainable and circular styling session will give you simple tips and hacks to curate a stylish wardrobe that's tailored to your individual lifestyle and personality, no matter what age or size you are!

First, we'll have a quick run through of what's needed for a holistic circular fashion economy and sustainable fashion future. Then you'll get ideas for what you or your community can do for a healthier planet. We'll finish the session with an exciting live re-styling demo with a model showing how to re-style one garment in at least 6 different ways, for 6 very different types of occasions. Why? So you can reduce fashion waste and be your most stylish self at the same time!

Join the fabulous Nina Gbor, sustainable fashion educator, eco stylist, international speaker and clothes swap expert of over 13 years. Nina works with media, councils, schools and community groups across Australia to create a more holistic sustainable fashion future. She was a featured guest on season 3 of ABC TV's War On Waste. She is the Director of Circular Economy & Waste Program at The Australia Institute.

This session is part of our monthly swaps- clothing so come along to that between 10am - 2pm. Book here .

Did you know that you can restyle the same basics for multiple occasions? Nina Gbor joins Wingecaribee City Council in the city’s atrium at the Civic Centre for an exciting fashion restyle session. Nina will show you easy, quick and stylish hacks to transform one garment into 5 to 10 very different looks for very different occasions. You'll be able to reduce fashion waste, reduce your shopping budget and live your most stylish life by making the most of your current wardrobe.

Following the restyle session Nina will open the clothes swap for everyone to find a new item to love, the link below will take you to the closing of the event which is also the clothes swap. Please make sure you also sign up to drop off your clothes through this link.

With one in 5five Australians celebrating Halloween this year, Halloween spending is expected to reach $450 million in Australia in 2024!.

A big part of this spending is on the holiday staple of COSTUMES! And with these costumes often designed for single use, much of it ends up in landfills. We want to break this waste cycle with our Costume & Clothes Swap. We've partnered with Randwick City Council and Plastic Free Coogee in this exciting costume and clothes swap.

RSVP here.

Elements is the Blue Mountains’ first sustainable fashion show. It will feature curated collections from five local women-led businesses that focus upon pre-owned, vintage, sustainable and upcycled fashion.

Featuring Nina Gbor

Boomerang Labs is hosting a docufilm screening and panel discussion. Hear from Celeste Tesoriero, the Creative Sustainability Director at Sonzai Studios, and Nina Gbor, founder of Eco Styles and the Director of the Circular Economy & Waste Program at The Australia Institute at the Fashion ReImagined Film Screening at Palace Cinemas Central Park on Tuesday, September 24th at 6:00 PM.

This event is presented in collaboration with FanForce Films.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A discussion with fashion experts.

RSVP here.

Textiles and fashion waste have reached unprecedented levels around the world.

But Australia takes the prize as the biggest consumer of fashion in the world per capita, with over 300,000 tonnes of textiles discarded each year.

With processes such as resource extraction, manufacturing, distribution, consumption and disposal happening with multiple players and often across multiple continents, finding solutions is not easy. But it’s also not impossible.

A holistic, sustainable, ethical and sufficient fashion future is a North Star that we may or may not reach. However, we need to know when we’re heading in the right direction – and when we’re not.

Join our expert panellists – Dr Lisa Lake, Professor Ken Pucker, and Adrian Jones – who’ll discuss textiles and the circular economy, moderated by Nina Gbor, Director of Australia Institute’s Circular Economy & Waste Program. The panel will explore the legitimacy of proposed and existing textile solutions and seek to decipher the most holistic and legitimate pathways to a sustainable future.

Free but registration is essential. RSVP here.

This exciting presentation will have simple tips and hacks to curate a more stylish or customised sustainable wardrobe at any size or age.

We'll have a quick run through of what's needed for a holistic circular clothing economy and sustainable fashion future. You'll also get ideas for what you or your community can do for a healthier planet. This session will also feature a live re-styling demo showing how to re-style one garment in multiple ways for multiple types of occasions so you can reduce fashion waste and be stylish at the same time.

RSVP here.

Are you passionate about creating a sustainable and resilient community? Don’t miss this enlightening panel discussion featuring three inspiring voices who will explore how energy, first nations perspectives and the circular economy are key to fostering sustainability and environmental stewardship.

Panel talks with special guests including:

• Costa Georgiadis

• Nina Gbor

• Tim Forcey

• Shannon Foster

If you love great company, great clothes and hate fashion waste, join us in boosting the circular fashion economy with this exciting NO FAST FASHION CLOTHES SWAP! Clothes Swap & Style and City of Sydney Council are teaming up again to bring you this social event where clothes are swapped in the spirit of generosity and community to make a positive environmental impact.

RSVP here.

How do we Fix Fashion?

Each year in Australia we throw out more than 300,000 tonnes of clothing, some goes to Opp Shops but most of it ends up in landfill or is shipped offshore for processing or recycling.

After watching seriously tongue-in-cheek Patagonia doco 'The Shitthropocene', 
Craig Reucassel, ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast presenter and host of The War on Waste will try to find the answers in discussion with panellists:

• Patagonia spokesperson

• Councillor Adam Worling, former director of Thread Together clothing re-use social enterprise

• Australian Fashion Council CEO - Jaana Quaintance-James, former Sustainability Manager, The Iconic

• Nina Gbor, Australia Institute Director of Circular Economy, founder of @Eco.Styles

• Reverse Garbage CEO Kirsten Junor, former Dress for Success Operations Manager

• Rachel Power, The Bower Head of Textiles

RSVP here.

A discussion forum as part of The Bower's Festival of Repair - for small businesses engaged in the circular economy.

Together we will explore the topic: How small circular economy businesses committed to re-use, recycling and waste minimisation can overcome the challenges they face and maintain financial viability.  

Moderated by the Australia Institute’s Director of Circular Economy and Waste, Nina G’Bor, founder of EcoStyles, with  

• Boomerang Labs CEO Caitlyn Touzell

• MRA Consulting, Environmental Consultant, Circular Economy team, Karen Davids

• Superyard founder Ritchie Djamhur – on setting up an online marketplace for unused building materials

• Circle Paints founder Jocelyn Bell – on running Australia’s only paint re-use outlet

Followed by networking drinks

RSVP here.

Register to bring along your good quality clothing and accessories to trade with like-minded fashion enthusiasts. Guilt-free shopping that keeps clothes in the circular economy and out of landfill. A collaboration between Randwick City Council, Clothes Swap & Style founder Nina Gbor (War on Waste ABC) and Plastic Free Coogee.

Are you ready to revamp your wardrobe the eco-friendly way?  

RSVP here.

The Thrivability Matters Webinar is a monthly online gathering, whereby invited experts expose science-based sustainability learnings, through sharing their experience and knowledge. This month, we will discuss SDG 9, on industry, innovation & infrastructure, and how they can create sustainable outcomes while reducing their impacts.

1 MILLION WOMEN IS TURNING 15 AND WE ARE CELEBRATING. 

Come party at our FESTIVAL OF SOLUTIONS - Be inspired by slow fashion icons, women from the front line of climate change, world leaders, zero wasters, climate scientists, performances from SUPERSTAR MUSICIANS who have spent their careers fighting for our precious earth and DIY demos from the experts on how to live lightly on our planet. 

Then after the Main Event, browse our Solutions Marketplace with over 40 stalls bursting full of climate solutions and all the ways that enable us to live a life that’s lighter on the planet. 

Our festival is for everyone. BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS and let's fill our hearts with optimism and joy and climate action!  

Tickets here.

Ready to update your winter wardrobe? Before you buy new, join us for an exciting night of sustainable fashion by swapping, dropping and restyling your wardrobe!

In the spirit of World Environment Day on 5th June, we're extending our celebration to host a panel discussion with amazing guests who will show us the Power of Reuse and how each of us can participate with a small gesture.

Panelists:

• Yiana Roumeliotis, Community and Social Impact Manager at Addi Road, a charity with a huge impact. They rescue food and fight hunger, among many other great initiatives they offer.

• Nina Gbor, founder of Eco Styles. Nina is an educator in circular economy and sustainable fashion, international speaker, sustainability consultant, clothes swap maven, and eco stylist. She recently showcased her work on the ABC's War on Waste.

RSVP here.

Register to bring along your good quality clothing and accessories to trade with like-minded fashion enthusiasts. Guilt-free shopping that keeps clothes in the circular economy and out of landfill. A collaboration between Randwick City Council, Clothes Swap & Style founder Nina Gbor (War on Waste ABC) and Plastic Free Coogee.

RSVP here.

Clothes Swap & Style and City of Sydney Council are teaming up to bring you this exciting swap social. If you love great company, great clothes and hate fashion waste, join us in boosting the circular fashion economy through swapping. In addition to diverting clothes from landfill, the goal is to foster a spirit of generosity within the community and make a positive impact.  

Book your spot here.

Join us on Friday 22 March for a fascinating conversation on fashion, entrepreneurship and circularity with founder, speaker and fashion educator Nina Gbor and iAccelerate Expert in Residence Kylie Flament.